Market Building Penzance, England

Listed Building Data

Market Building has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1221062
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
I
Date Listed
29 July 1950
Name
MARKET BUILDING
Location
MARKET BUILDING, MARKET PLACE
Parish
Penzance
District
Cornwall
Grid Reference
SW4727430293
Easting
147274.2122
Northing
30292.1888

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

  1. 1498 PENZANCE MARKET PLACE

Market Building SW 4730 5/59 29.7.53.

I

    1. Architect Harris of Bristol. Large building of granite ashlar. 2 storeys. Crowned by lead-covered dome and octagonal lantern, the drum with alternating twin Tuscan columns and semi-circular headed windows, and entablature with heavy cornice. North and south elevations 9 windows, ground floor semi-circular heads, flat pilasters, 3 bay beneath dome pedimented. East end, tall Ionic tetrastyle facade. West end, central pedimented entrance, curved corner bays set back with giant engaged columns, entablature, raised pediment at centre with clock.

Listing NGR: SW4728030295